Re: [Motion-user] Problem Connecting a IP312W Webcam

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

Yep, sorry, it was a stupid permissions issue on my part. Everything
was owned by root, without read permission by anyone else. This fixed
it:

sudo chmod +r /etc/motion/*
sudo chown -R motion:motion /etc/motion/*

Thanks for your help.

Chris

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Gordon <mo...@re...> wrote:
> It might run a single thread just from the motion.conf it can read, disregarding the thread line it can't read.  Because your netcam settings were in the thread conf file, motion might go looking for a cctv camera that isn't there.  If you put everything in motion.conf and comment out the thread line, you'll know for sure.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Spencer" <chr...@gm...>
> To: "Motion discussion list" <mot...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:34:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Problem Connecting a IP312W Webcam
>
> I had considered this, but I only have one thread file, and Motion's
> main status page is showing "Thread 0". If it couldn't access my
> thread file, wouldn't it not show that?
>
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Gordon <mo...@re...> wrote:
>> Does Motion have permission to read your thread file where you have it stored?  I'd move it to the default location and make sure the permissions on that file match the default permissions for motion.conf.
>>
>> If you plan to have only one camera you might be better served by skipping the use of a thread file and instead loading all your settings in motion.conf.
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